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Hoppity Hooper

Series premise

The recurring characters were Hoppity Hooper, a frog, voiced by Chris Allen, "Uncle" Waldo P. Wigglesworth, a fox, voiced by Hans Conried; Fillmore, a bear, voiced by Bill Scott; and the narrator, Paul Frees. Fillmore, as in the picture at right, often blew on his bugle, producing loud, sour notes.

The stories revolved around the three main characters seeking their fortune together, through different jobs or schemes, usually ending in misadventure.

One of the best-remembered stories is "The Traffic Zone," a parody of The Twilight Zone in which the characters were transformed into vegetables.

Another episode featured this exchange:

British gent: "My name is Baddeley-Bent with a hyphen."

Hoppity: "Gee, that's too bad."

''Hoppity lived in Foggy Bogg, Wisconsin.

Data

The first two episodes were produced in 1960, and featured Alan Reed as Fillmore. The series wasn't picked up for broadcast until September 1964, and by that time Reed was unavailable, because of his commitment with another ABC animated TV series, The Flintstones, as the voice of Fred Flintstone. Therefore, Bill Scott was named to do the voice of Fillmore.